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re: Mozilla’s CEO steps down amid gay marriage furor[W:577]

Originally Posted by AGENT J

"seems" he did things that supported the fight against equal rights for gays and maybe even bigoted things, but they are legal and thats his right
seems employees found out about it and voiced their disapproval
seems customers found out about and voiced their disapproval
then it seems he stepped down

now i havent looked up many articles on this YET but so far i see ZERO issue with this, why should I?

Exactly. You have the right to be a bigot.

But you shouldnt expect not to pay the consequences for that if you act on it.

Originally Posted by Bucky

I have felt pain when I was in the womb. So when you say they are incapable of feeling pain, that is based on junk science.

Originally Posted by applejuicefool

A murderer putting a bullet through someone's brain is a medical procedure too.

re: Mozilla’s CEO steps down amid gay marriage furor[W:577]

Originally Posted by ocean515

Seems to me like Eich dodged a bullet. From what I read, he donated money to a California Proposition a majority of the voters agreed with him on.

Now, the PC police think that bit of history is enough to destroy a mans career. Just as they did to countless business owners throughout the state, the rabid hypocrites in the LGBT community see a policy of "destroy" as the proper way to address differences in philosophy.

re: Mozilla’s CEO steps down amid gay marriage furor[W:577]

Originally Posted by digsbe

How do you think gays were treated compared to blacks and women? They can vote, don't have to move from the buss, can live together and have no crimes against their lifestyle... The comparisons and straw mans back to Civil Rights era and women's suffrage stuff needs to stop, the issues aren't comparable and the arguments/defenses are also different. It's just a cheap vilification tactic to paint opposition as evil people in an attempt to also justify the hate and discrimination against them.

How old are you? Do you remember blacks fighting for their civil rights? I do. Do you remember the feminist movement of the 70s? I do. (altho the main fight was for sufferage in the 20s and I DO NOT remember that, lol)

Do you remember how gays were treated prior to the mid 80s? No? Because they were mostly hidden. They did not come out and exercise their rights fully. If they did, they sure were beaten, fired, kicked out of places, even killed. It happens even now. They had to hide who and what they were. They still do in many cases. Gays have been not and still are not offered equal opportunities when their orientation is known. And they are often physically and verbally abused when it is known.

Originally Posted by Bucky

I have felt pain when I was in the womb. So when you say they are incapable of feeling pain, that is based on junk science.

Originally Posted by applejuicefool

A murderer putting a bullet through someone's brain is a medical procedure too.

re: Mozilla’s CEO steps down amid gay marriage furor[W:577]

Originally Posted by Lursa

How old are you? Do you remember blacks fighting for their civil rights? I do. Do you remember the feminist movement of the 70s? I do. (altho the main fight was for sufferage in the 20s and I DO NOT remember that, lol)

Do you remember how gays were treated prior to the mid 80s? No? Because they were mostly hidden. They did not come out and exercise their rights fully. If they did, they sure were beaten, fired, kicked out of places, even killed. It happens even now. They had to hide who and what they were. They still do in many cases. Gays have been not and still are not offered equal opportunities when their orientation is known. And they are often physically and verbally abused when it is known.

It's a valid point. For Christ's sake, at least black people were allowed to be black (even if it wasn't always the best career path).

re: Mozilla’s CEO steps down amid gay marriage furor[W:577]

Again, what I see has happened in this case is the thought police have successfully destroyed a man's career because he didn't fit the agenda they developed after the fact.

Personally I find that ridiculous, and extremely dangerous. However, that is the environment we currently live in.

People have lost their jobs throughout the entire history of the US for having opinions outside of some group's mainstream. This is nothing new. It is simple human nature to police thought within the community and really has been for most of history a useful survival mechanism part of a greater group of similar mechanisms that we happen to call morality. Also, this is something every group does and the pendulum simply swings back and forth over the years. There are times where conservatives are more likely to do it (the 60s, mccarthyism) and times when liberals are more likely to do it.

But yes, it is like that. People have the right to free speech and association, largely to whatever ends an individual sees fit. If an individual or group of individuals sees fit to use that right to encourage their chosen culture and defend against those who run the risk of infringing on their culture, that is normal human behavior that we simply try to idealize ourselves away from (and almost always unsuccessfully if you look throughout history).